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Qwazin · 12/14/2009, 12:32 pm

Really, I felt like I had to make a thread like this. Maybe it was done back when Launch of the Screaming Narwhal was released, I dunno, but I felt like it could be done again now in a restrospect looking at Tales of Monkey Island as a whole.

Who here loves the marquis? I sure do love the marquis.

I really hated the character when I first ran into him in ep 1, but he grew so darn much on me throughout the course of playing through each new episode that was released. After finishing ep 5 I realised I really missed him. The over the top french accent, the hysteric plots and schemes, the zany laboratory and the amazing theme tune written by Michael Land. De Singe, along with the brotherhood living inside of the manatee in Lair of the Leviathan, really take me back to the old LucasArts days with all oddball whacky stuff that would get thrown into the game. I don't know if it's just me, but everytime I see De Singe speak on-screen I imagine all the characters and dialouge the pixel-ish style of MI2. (If you haven't you should try. He could might aswell be character from that game!) Alot of De Singe moments really felt like old-school adventure game antics.

I was suprised both in a good and bad way when De Singe turned out to just be a minor villian in the end of all things (I missed him, but I do love LeChuck quite a bit more after all) :P But still, he feels so 'mazingly memorable, and I think everyone at Telltale did a really great job at creating him. He kicks Largo LeGrande, Rottingham and Ozzy Mandrills butt fo sure if there was ever a minor-monkey-villian contest.

So, this thread here is for everyone who loves the crazy Marquis De Singe.
May he rest in peace.

*Lena_P* · 12/14/2009, 02:44 pm

Amen, brother.

Acemaster · 12/14/2009, 04:06 pm

This topic just isn't perfect without...

SCIENCE!

Indeed, one of the greatest characters on ToMI, and ever on Monkey Island games.

fortunesfool · 12/14/2009, 05:52 pm

I loved him! Episode 5 really wasn't the same without him. A fantastic villian.

Magic Emperor · 12/14/2009, 06:36 pm

Let me just say that his theme music has been stuck in my head ever since Launch of the Screaming Narwhal. If that's not respect for a character, what is?!

splash1 · 12/14/2009, 06:59 pm

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Originally Posted by Magic Emperor

Let me just say that his theme music has been stuck in my head ever since Launch of the Screaming Narwhal. If that's not respect for a character, what is?!

Voodoo music which is used to control your mind!

Secret Fawful · 12/14/2009, 07:11 pm

He's my favorite character out of the whole season. I'll miss his crazyness. And I concur, he had a wonderful theme song.

Ecto Cooler · 12/16/2009, 08:25 pm

I like how he claims that he 'isn't french' LOL

doodo! · 12/16/2009, 08:41 pm

He crossed over to the multiverse ...

Pitbull-Threepwood · 12/16/2009, 09:03 pm

I just liked giving the Marquis wedgies. That was... kinda awesome.

LinkChicky23 · 12/17/2009, 06:04 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Qwazin

May he rest in peace.

Pieces is more like it.

He was a very amusing character, indeed.

Qwazin · 12/18/2009, 03:47 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ecto Cooler

I like how he claims that he 'isn't french' LOL

I think that was my favourite line of his. It felt like a throwaway joke but at the same time it completely turned the tables and proved that he was just an insane character.

Meems · 12/18/2009, 11:59 pm

He was my favourite character. It's nice to see I'm not the only one.

Gryffalio · 12/19/2009, 02:27 am

He was a great character to think back to.

I like having good characters in games that don't return. Just as a random example, I liked the governor of Phatt, he's one of the first characters I think of when someone says MI2.

I just hope TTG can continue making interesting, and different, characters if they carry on the series.

Mermaid · 12/19/2009, 12:55 pm

De Singe was a great, strong character. I would have imagined him having another big part in episode 5 and was hence surprised / dissapointed to see him go at the end of EP 4.

Friar · 12/19/2009, 03:53 pm

I still can't get that ruddy song he sang in chapter four out of my head...
Alouette i will live forever...

Reaper Lyn · 12/19/2009, 06:35 pm

DeSinge was absolutely hilarious, definitely a character. I think my mouth hung open when he was so definitively... er... ground up.

It's the little things I really love. Like how his name (Singe) is french for Monkey, and the only one to actually pronounce it correctly (i.e. as the actual french word) is the Voodoo Lady. That just seems... fitting to me. Like she would be the only one to know French. I don't know why that amuses me so much.

Falanca · 12/19/2009, 06:41 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Qwazin

I think that was my favourite line of his. It felt like a throwaway joke but at the same time it completely turned the tables and proved that he was just an insane character.

My favorite line of him was "I could literally taste my pants" or something like that, but that's a good one too.

*Lena_P* · 12/19/2009, 10:14 pm

I also love how Jared Emerson-Johnson (dang he's got a long name) really threw himself into the role. His complete commitment to De Singe's manic, over-the-top loonyness really made the character. It's also made me a little afraid of meeting him in real life, but still, I really admire him as an actor.

bobhobbit · 12/19/2009, 10:56 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Falanca

My favorite line of him was "I could literally taste my pants" or something like that, but that's a good one too.

I think my favorite DeSinge line was "I am as happy as a penguin sliding on his bellly!" I laughed so hard I missed the rest of the cutscene... hahaha

12/14/2009, 12:32 pm	#1
Qwazin Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 86	Marquis DeSinge Appreciation Thread (Possible spoilers) Really, I felt like I had to make a thread like this. Maybe it was done back when Launch of the Screaming Narwhal was released, I dunno, but I felt like it could be done again now in a restrospect looking at Tales of Monkey Island as a whole. Who here loves the marquis? I sure do love the marquis. I really hated the character when I first ran into him in ep 1, but he grew so darn much on me throughout the course of playing through each new episode that was released. After finishing ep 5 I realised I really missed him. The over the top french accent, the hysteric plots and schemes, the zany laboratory and the amazing theme tune written by Michael Land. De Singe, along with the brotherhood living inside of the manatee in Lair of the Leviathan, really take me back to the old LucasArts days with all oddball whacky stuff that would get thrown into the game. I don't know if it's just me, but everytime I see De Singe speak on-screen I imagine all the characters and dialouge the pixel-ish style of MI2. (If you haven't you should try. He could might aswell be character from that game!) Alot of De Singe moments really felt like old-school adventure game antics. I was suprised both in a good and bad way when De Singe turned out to just be a minor villian in the end of all things (I missed him, but I do love LeChuck quite a bit more after all) :P But still, he feels so 'mazingly memorable, and I think everyone at Telltale did a really great job at creating him. He kicks Largo LeGrande, Rottingham and Ozzy Mandrills butt fo sure if there was ever a minor-monkey-villian contest. So, this thread here is for everyone who loves the crazy Marquis De Singe. May he rest in peace. Last edited by Qwazin; 12/14/2009 at 12:34 pm.

12/14/2009, 06:36 pm	#5
Magic Emperor Lover of animation. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Nevada City, CA Posts: 320	Let me just say that his theme music has been stuck in my head ever since Launch of the Screaming Narwhal. If that's not respect for a character, what is?! __________________ "But I don't want to go among mad people!" "Oh, you can't help that. Most everyone's mad here."

12/14/2009, 07:11 pm	#7
Secret Fawful Fearless Oathbreaker Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Stuck In This Pose Sexiness: Off The Charts! Posts: 5,140	He's my favorite character out of the whole season. I'll miss his crazyness. And I concur, he had a wonderful theme song. __________________ You're the greatest. The greatest! - GuruGuru214 You'll go far in this life, Fawful. - That Guy In The Wheelchair Fawful, you sir, are made of win. - mgrant I love the Fawful! - Davies You're like a bad comedian. - monkey_05_06 ** you. - Giant Tope Why do you have to be such an hole? - Avistew You're a miserable little weasel who derives pleasure from being a *. - AllenB Grow up. - Mike Haley Now Playing: ~~Space Quest 0: Replicated~~ - ~~Space Quest I EGA: The Sarien Encounter~~ - Space Quest I VGA: The Sarien Encounter** - Space Quest II EGA: Vohaul's Revenge - Space Quest II VGA: Vohaul's Revenge - Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon - Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers - Space Quest V: The Next Mutation - Space Quest VI: Roger Wilco in the Spinal Frontier - Space Quest: The Lost Chapter

12/16/2009, 08:25 pm	#8
Ecto Cooler Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North Carolina Posts: 58	I like how he claims that he 'isn't french' LOL __________________ "Great to see you again. Is there any food in this dump?" "I came all this way to see you--at least get me a beer" "Still ignoring fashion eh? Good for you!" "So, you and the gardner? eh? eh?"

12/16/2009, 09:03 pm	#10
Pitbull-Threepwood Mighty Pirate (tm)!! Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 30	Ha, HA! I just liked giving the Marquis wedgies. That was... kinda awesome.

12/14/2009, 02:44 pm	#2
Lena_P Capricious, Quirky Kook Join Date: May 2008 Location: West of Mount Diablo! Posts: 2,003	Amen, brother.

12/14/2009, 04:06 pm	#3
Acemaster Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 29	This topic just isn't perfect without... SCIENCE! Indeed, one of the greatest characters on ToMI, and ever on Monkey Island games.

12/14/2009, 05:52 pm	#4
fortunesfool Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 29	I loved him! Episode 5 really wasn't the same without him. A fantastic villian.

12/16/2009, 08:41 pm	#9
doodo! Banned Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,268	He crossed over to the multiverse ...

12/18/2009, 11:59 pm	#13
Meems Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 47	He was my favourite character. It's nice to see I'm not the only one.

12/19/2009, 02:27 am	#14
Gryffalio The Orphanage Attacked ME Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: York Posts: 668	He was a great character to think back to. I like having good characters in games that don't return. Just as a random example, I liked the governor of Phatt, he's one of the first characters I think of when someone says MI2. I just hope TTG can continue making interesting, and different, characters if they carry on the series. __________________ We'll drink beyond the boundaries of sense We'll drink 'til we start to see lovely pink elephants Inside our heads, inside our beds, inside the threads of our pyjama legs So don't shoot 'til you see the reds of our eyes And an army of elephants marching behind From the day I was born 'til the night I will die All my lovers will be pink and elephantine!

12/19/2009, 12:55 pm	#15
Mermaid Coaster Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 1,016	De Singe was a great, strong character. I would have imagined him having another big part in episode 5 and was hence surprised / dissapointed to see him go at the end of EP 4.

12/19/2009, 03:53 pm	#16
Friar Mad man with an Ox Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: UK Posts: 3,118	I still can't get that ruddy song he sang in chapter four out of my head... Alouette i will live forever... __________________ "The universe has to move forward. Pain and loss, they define us as much as happiness or love. Whether it's a world, or a relationship...everything has its time. And everything ends."-Elizabeth Sladen: RIP.

12/19/2009, 06:35 pm	#17
Reaper Lyn I exist Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 51	DeSinge was absolutely hilarious, definitely a character. I think my mouth hung open when he was so definitively... er... ground up. It's the little things I really love. Like how his name (Singe) is french for Monkey, and the only one to actually pronounce it correctly (i.e. as the actual french word) is the Voodoo Lady. That just seems... fitting to me. Like she would be the only one to know French. I don't know why that amuses me so much.

12/19/2009, 10:14 pm	#19
Lena_P Capricious, Quirky Kook Join Date: May 2008 Location: West of Mount Diablo! Posts: 2,003	I also love how Jared Emerson-Johnson (dang he's got a long name) really threw himself into the role. His complete commitment to De Singe's manic, over-the-top loonyness really made the character. It's also made me a little afraid of meeting him in real life, but still, I really admire him as an actor.

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